$10,000 – Applied Information Resources, Inc.
Purpose: To support establishing a Citizen’s Organizing Roundtable.
$2,000 – American Society for Public Adminstrators – Public Service Recognition Awards Banquet
Purpose: To acknowledge Public Administrators to take pride in their profession and acknowledge the contributions of their colleagues while highlighting the importance and dedication of the field
$5,000 – Beyond Civility
Purpose: To improve the quality of local governance by helping civic leaders and citizens identify and overcome barriers to effective political discourse on such topics as the National Anthem, immigration, and political correctness
$10,000 – Cincinnati Interfaith Workers Center
Purpose: To advocate and organize both citizens and non-citizens to leverage local government resources for the prevention of family separation and unjust deportation of immigrant community members
$20,000 – Cincinnati Public Radio, WVXU – Local Political and Governmental Reporting
Purpose: To provide accurate, in-depth, nonpartisan coverage of government in the Cincinnati metropolitan area
$5,000 – Fair Elections Center
Purpose: To reach underrepresented communities at colleges and universities to encourage voter registration and democratic engagement
$2,500 – Hamilton County – Office of the County Commissioner
Purpose: To provide an opportunity for a college student to gain first-hand experience working with the County Administrator’s Office of a large urban county
$10,500 – Human Services Chamber of Hamilton County
Purpose: To research and advocate for increased and equitable access to public transportation
$15,000 – Invest in Neighborhoods
Purpose: To convene active citizens, public officials, and community organizations for a day-long series of seminars, workshops, and presentations where Cincinnatians can learn, network, and collaborate to solve problems and improve their neighborhoods
$3,000 – Kids Voting Kentucky
Purpose: To increase participation among first-time voters by providing voter education and mock elections in grades K-12
$2,500 – Law and Leadership Institute
Purpose: To provide internships to the 10th grade students who have enrolled in the Institute’s 4-year, law-based college preparatory program
$5,000 – League of Women Voters of Ohio Education Fund
Purpose: To update the contents of the Know Your Ohio Government handbook and create a Spanish version for the 2020 election
$2,500 – League of Women Voters of the Cincinnati Area
Purpose: To expand the electorate by providing voter registration opportunities at naturalization ceremonies
$5,000 – League of Women Voters of the Cincinnati Area
Purpose: To create and distribute printed and online versions of a nonpartisan voter’s guide to the November 2019 election.
$10,000 – Northern Kentucky University
Purpose: To provide the opportunity for 12 NKU students to work in various governmental capacities, including in the offices of State Representatives in the Kentucky General Assembly
$1,000 – Ohio Innocence Project
Purpose: To support OIP’s mission to free the actually innocent, wrongly convicted Ohio inmates and to advocate for criminal justice reforms, especially to prevent wrongful convictions
$10,000 – Peaslee Neighborhood Center
Purpose: To educate local citizens on political engagement within the Peaslee Neighborhood community through education, outreach, advocacy, and leadership development and by encouraging the use of the Equitable Development Rubric
$7,000 – Seven Hills Neighborhood Houses
Purpose: To provide training and encourage readiness for first-time home buyers
$5,000 – Village of Silverton
Purpose: To support Connecting the Dots, a summit to generate support and planning for the revitalization of Cincinnati’s first suburbs
$1,000 – Woman’s City Club of Greater Cincinnati
Purpose: To support the 2019 National Speaker Forum featuring journalist, author, and Dayton Literary Peace Prize nominee Helen Thorpe
$5,000 – Woven Oak Initiatives
Purpose: To support multiple avenues of civic engagement for residents of Norwood to facilitate working with local government to achieve common goals for the community
$5,000 – YMCA of Greater Cincinnati
Purpose: To expose high school students to the history, structure, and operations of local government and to promote civic literacy and involvement in community service
